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Sam Bankman-Fried believes even ETH 2 can't handle DeFi's potential growth
11.11.2020
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t believe Ethereum will be able to provide the scaling capabilities required by the DeFi sector in future
Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution
1.11.2020
While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Network is far from seeing widespread adoption, and a number of attack vectors have...
4 Bitcoin Lightning Network Vulnerabilities That Haven’t Been Exploited (Yet)
27.10.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has a few of vulnerabilities that have been discovered in its two-year lifespan, but none have been exploited
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Calls on Power Users to Move to Layer 2 Scaling
14.10.2020
Talking at CoinDesk's invest: ethereum economy event, the Ethereum founder called for users of the second-largest blockchain to move over to scaling solutions that are “already here."
High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum
14.10.2020
Miners are incentivized to keep Ethereum gas fees high, and in doing so limit one of the network's principal use cases
Ethereum-Enhancers Not Ethereum-Killers
14.10.2020
The new competitive arena in the so-called scaling wars is between Ethereum-enhancers, not Ethereum-killers
Every Credit Card a Tribe, Every Crypto Coin a Scaling Debate
3.10.2020
Lana Swartz's "New Money" is a book that will force crypto users to ask: What does using ETH or BTC or XLM or ATOM say about me?
Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The vertical scaling crisis
24.9.2020
In order to achieve blockchain mass adoption, three fundamental problems should be solved. Let’s dive into the second one: vertical scaling
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops to $10.2K; Scaling Solution xDai Doubles in Value Locked
23.9.2020
Bitcoin price dipped Wednesday while investors park crypto in Ethereum sidechain stablecoin xDai
Emin Gun Sirer’s $42 million blockchain for DeFi scaling has launched
22.9.2020
The platform's native asset began trading OKEx, Binance, and elsewhere shortly thereafter
DeFi mainstreaming impossible until DEXs integrate layer 2, experts say
13.9.2020
DeFi is booming again but experts caution that mainstreaming won’t occur without decentralized exchanges integrating layer 2 options
State of Jamstack 2020: Data Deep Dive
3.9.2020
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The Jamstack, a modern approach to building websites and apps, delivers better performance, higher security, lower cost of scaling, and a better developer experience. But how popular is it among developers worldwide, and what do they love and hate about it?
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Scaling DeFi with Optimistic Rollups is not the best option, says Matter Labs CEO
2.9.2020
Ethereum needs to scale with layer-two in the short-term, and ZK Rollups can pick up the slack
Here Are Four Ethereum Scaling Pitches Submitted to Reddit’s Competition
3.8.2020
Entries to the Reddit Scaling Bake-Off are coming in from several layer-two builders
Block 478,559: Bitcoin Cash Fans Worldwide Celebrate the Cryptocurrency’s 3rd Anniversary
1.8.2020
Three years ago at approximately 2:14 p.m. ET, the first Bitcoin Cash blocks were mined. That day, block 478,558 was the last common block found, and six hours later Viabtc mined the first Bitcoin Cash block (nr 478,559). The course of history was changed ever since this point, as the scaling...
Bitcoin Scaling Tech Could Have Saved Companies and Users $500M in Fees: Report
29.7.2020
Implementing transaction batching and SegWit could have saved bitcoin companies and users $500 million in fees – if they'd just use the technology
MIT Lightning Creator Unveils First ‘Demonstration’ of Bitcoin Scaling Tech
28.7.2020
Utreexo "can make Bitcoin nodes smaller and faster while keeping the same security and privacy as full nodes," says developer Tadge Dryja
Ethereum’s 2020 Defi Boom Doubles Active Ether Addresses, But Fees Skyrocket
22.7.2020
The number of active Ethereum addresses has grown aggressively in 2020 because of the decentralized finance (defi) boom. Active Ethereum addresses doubled in size leaving networks like Tron, Cardano, and EOS in the dust. There’s a lot happening in the world of decentralized finance (defi)...
Third Anniversary of Bitcoin Cash Highlights a Myriad of Network Improvements
22.7.2020
In twelve days the Bitcoin Cash community will celebrate the third anniversary of the 2017 fork that happened on August 1. Since then, a number of changes have happened during the last three years and the following editorial will discuss the significant differences between both chains. The Bitcoin...
On-Chain Bitcoin Scaling En Masse Requires Bigger Blocks, Abra CEO Says
19.7.2020
Bitcoin can scale as an adopted store of value using second-layer solutions, but not on-chain with its current technology says Abra’s CEO